National Register of Historic Places
The Ethelhurst
Listed as “Ethelhurst, The” · Also known as Ethel Court; The Architect Hotel
On the National Register since 20197 years
Listed 2019Washington
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About The Ethelhurst
The Ethelhurst, at 1025 Fifteenth St., NW, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jun 26, 2019. The Register lists it for its architecture and town planning, at the local level. It was listed as part of Apartment Buildings in Washington, DC, MPS. 19 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.
What it is1903 Beaux Arts style apartment building that later became a hotel in Washington, DC. From Wikidata (CC0).
Through the years
1903 to today
- 1903Built
- 2019Added to the National Register of Historic Places
- 2026On the Register for 7 years
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1025 Fifteenth St., NW, Washington · about 0.1 miles on foot, as the crow flies
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91 more Register listings within half a mile
★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.
★United Mine Workers of AmericaItalian Renaissance Revival0.1 miBGen. Robert Macfeely HouseVictorian Eclectic0.1 miBSouthern Railway BuildingBuilt 19280.1 miBCarlton HotelBeaux Arts · Built 19260.1 miBChamplain Apartment BuildingBeaux Arts0.1 miBPeyser Building-Security Savings and Commercial BankClassical Revival · Built 19280.1 miBUniversity Club of Washington, DCBuilding0.1 miBUnion Trust BuildingNeo-Classical Revival · Built 19060.2 mi★Lafayette BuildingClassical Revival0.2 mi★Ashburton HouseBuilt 18360.2 mi★St. John's ChurchBuilt 18160.2 miBHamilton HotelBuilt 19220.2 miBTower BuildingArt Deco · Built 19290.2 miBNational Geographic Society HeadquartersBuilding0.2 miBMetropolitan African Methodist Episcopal ChurchVictorian Gothic · Built 18380.2 miDFinancial Historic District (Additional Documentation and Boundary Increase)District0.3 miBRiggs National BankNeo-Classical Revival · Built 19020.3 miBAmerican Security and Trust CompanyNeo-Classical Revival · Built 19050.3 mi
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BBond BuildingBeaux Arts · Built 19010.3 miBNational Saving And Trust CompanyBuilt 18880.3 miBHibbs, W. B., and Company BuildingBeaux Arts Classicism · Built 19070.3 miBWestory BuildingBeaux Arts Classicism0.3 miBBenjamin Ogle Tayloe HouseBuilding0.3 mi★American Peace SocietyVictorian0.3 mi★Decatur HouseBuilt 18180.3 miBReal Estate Trust Building-Continental Trust BuildingBuilt 19130.3 miBUS Chamber of Commerce BuildingBeaux Arts · Built 19250.3 miBHill BuildingBuilding0.3 mi★Franklin SchoolBuilding0.3 miBBarr BuildingAcademic Gothic Revival0.3 miBMayflower HotelBeaux Arts0.3 miBChurch of the AscensionHigh Victorian Gothic · Built 18740.3 miBEngine Company 16-Truck Company 3Georgian Revival0.3 miBSumner, Charles, SchoolSecond Empire Style · Built 18720.3 miBPenland, W. H., & CompanyLate Victorian0.3 miBLuther Place Memorial ChurchGothic Revival · Built 18700.3 miDFourteenth Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)Federal0.3 miBMary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic SiteVictorian · Built 18750.3 miBGarfinckel's Department StoreModerne0.4 mi★U.S. Department of the TreasuryGreek Revival · Built 18360.4 miBRhodes' TavernBuilt 17990.4 miBHarris & Ewing Photographic StudioItalian Renaissance · Built 19240.4 miBNational Metropolitan Bank BuildingBeaux Arts · Built 19060.4 miBFederal-American National BankClassical Revival · Built 19250.4 miBChase's Theater and Riggs BuildingBeaux Arts0.4 miBSecond National BankClassical Revival · Built 19270.4 miBCommercial National BankStripped Classicism0.4 miBChurch of the EpiphanyGothic Revival · Built 18440.4 mi★Lafayette Square Historic DistrictDistrict0.4 mi★Blair HouseBuilt 18240.4 mi★Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceItalianate0.4 mi★Renwick MuseumFrench Renaissance · Built 19720.4 miBMetropolitan ClubItalian Renaissance0.4 miBMasonic TempleBuilt 19080.4 miBBachelor Apartment HouseFrench0.4 miBThe Editors BuildingBuilding0.4 miBAlibi ClubItalianate0.4 miOCivil War Monuments in Washington, DCObject0.4 miBAsbury United Methodist ChurchEnglish Gothic Revival0.4 miBUnited Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners-Local 132Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Chicago0.4 miBMorrison and Clark HousesItalianate0.4 miBWaggaman-Ray Commercial RowClassical Revival0.4 miBElizabeth Arden BuildingGeorgian Revival0.4 miBThe PlymouthNeo-Classical0.4 mi★Elliott Coues HouseBuilt 18800.4 mi★General Federation of Women's Clubs HeadquartersLate Victorian Renaissance0.4 miBTabard InnBuilding0.4 miBGrace Reformed Church, Sunday School and Parish HouseLate Gothic Revival0.4 miOHahnemann, Samuel, MonumentNeoclassicism · Built 18960.4 miOWebster, Daniel, MemorialNeoclassicism · Built 18980.4 miDSixteenth Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)Early Republic0.4 mi★Administration Building, Carnegie Institute of WashingtonBeaux Arts · Built 19100.4 miBHotel WashingtonItalian Renaissance0.5 miBWillard HotelBeaux Arts · Built 19010.5 miBU.S. Civil Service Commission BuildingBuilding0.5 mi★Executive Office BuildingFrench Renaissance0.5 miBWinder BuildingBuilding0.5 miBBrownley Confectionary BuildingArt Deco · Built 19320.5 miBFederal Home Loan Bank Board Building (FHLBB)Building0.5 miBChesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main BuildingItalian Renaissance0.5 miBChesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company BuildingArt Deco · Built 19270.5 miBStevens, Thaddeus, SchoolLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.5 mi★American Federation of Labor BuildingBuilt 19160.5 miOGompers, Samuel, MemorialBeaux Arts · Built 19330.5 miOLongfellow, Henry Wadsworth, MemorialNaturalism · Built 19080.5 miDLogan Circle Historic DistrictHigh Victorian0.5 miDFourteenth Street Historic DistrictLate Victorian0.5 mi★Robert Simpson Woodward HouseBuilding0.5 mi★St. Luke's Episcopal ChurchEnglish Gothic0.5 miBOld Korean LegationBuilding0.5 miBAlma Thomas HouseItalianate · Built 18750.5 mi
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Is The Ethelhurst on the National Register of Historic Places?
Yes. It was added on Jun 26, 2019 (Register number 100004123).
Is The Ethelhurst a National Historic Landmark?
No. It is on the National Register; District of Columbia has 75 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is United Mine Workers of America, 0.1 miles away.
Can you visit The Ethelhurst?
It has its own website, the place to check whether and when it is open to visitors.
Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.